£ 60M REDEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF UK ’ S LARGEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS COMPLETES
THE multi-million-pound redevelopment of one of the largest independent schools in the UK has completed , delivering state-ofthe-art facilities for students in Macclesfield .
The King ’ s School employs 250 people and provides education for more than 1,200 students from pre-school through to sixth form . This £ 60m redevelopment scheme unites two previous sites across the town into one central area , with the new campus sitting adjacent to the school ’ s existing sports pitches at Derby Fields .
21,000m2 of new academic building has been built , creating 350 rooms , along with a separate sports centre and 75-acres of sporting and outdoor facilities .
The new sports centre houses a 25m , sixlane swimming pool , a six-court sports hall , an indoor cricket centre , a dance and martial arts studio , a fitness suite and a café . Outside , students will have use of five new rugby football pitches , a rounders field and two floodlit AstroTurf hockey pitches , and netball courts .
National independent property , construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick Everard
52 - www . refurbandrestore . co . uk has provided full design and engineering services for the project . Duncan Green , managing partner , said : “ We are absolutely delighted to have completed this largescale scheme for The King ’ s School , creating a high-quality central site for its students to thrive in – especially important as pupils return to the classroom after months of online learning .”
Natalie Clemson , director and project lead , said : “ We worked very closely with VINCI Construction UK , the main contractor for the scheme , from the pre-contract stage . This meant we were able to fully integrate the team into the design process early on , creating a synergy and ensuring that detailed knowledge of the scheme and design intent was retained from start to finish – something extremely important to the headmaster and governors .
“ Completing a significant project like this during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge , but it was here that our close relationship with VINCI Construction UK benefitted everyone . Like many construction projects across the UK , we felt the impact and we had to change our working methodology completely .